Posted on 02/01/2024 7:26:43 AM PST by Steven Scharf
Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo Songs Vanish from TikTok as Licensing Battle With Universal Music Heats Up UMG, the biggest music company on the planet, failed to renew a licensing deal with TikTok amid a dispute over artist compensation, security, and the use of AI
BY NANCY DILLON, ETHAN MILLMAN FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey Songs Disappear On TikTok Amid Universal Music's Licensing Battle
A DAY AFTER Universal Music Group threatened to stop licensing its music to TikTok amid a breakdown in deal negotiations, songs from UMG‘s unparalleled stable of artists began vanishing from the social media platform late Wednesday.
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Just after midnight, some of Swift’s own videos that originally featured her songs like “Hits Different” had now been muted. Several of Justin Bieber’s videos on his page, including a live performance of him singing “Yummy,” are now silent.
The update is the climax of a tense year of negotiating between UMG and TikTok over the two companies’ differing views on what constitutes a fair deal for use of the record company’s music on the platform.
UMG set the stage for the sonic stripping when it posted an open letter Tuesday night saying its prior licensing deal with TikTok was set to expire Wednesday and that talks over a new deal had reached an impasse. The world’s largest music company — whose artists include Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Daddy Yankee — said it was making a stand “for the creative and commercial value of music.”
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Wiki background on UMG:
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the "Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion.
The company's origins go back to the formation of the American branch of Decca Records in September 1934 and its name and company logo originates from Carl Laemmle's Universal Pictures.
Not sure what to make of this other than millions of Taylor Swift fans cannot listen to her on Tik Tok for now.
Tater Swuft isn’t making enough money. Probably wants to buy another island so she’ll have a couple places to go once she gets the two chimps running the Brandon regime in the District of Corruption reelected.
I call that addition by subtraction.
There’s other streaming platforms to listen to any artist, like YouTube and Amazon.
Any hope for taking modern “music” completely off the net?
A blessing in disguise...................
Taylor Swift is a POS.
She works hard. Free Market. Her lyrics aren't obscene. She keeps her clothes on. One minute coverage of her during a 3 hour football game is not excessive. She is supporting her boyfriend. If she endorsed Trump you'd be singing her praises. People are more than the politicians they support. Republicans looking like kooks upset over an entertainer's decision that hasn't even happened yet. And may not.
jimmy crack corn....
It’s not so much Taylor, as it is her vapid fans.
Just today in my college music class, I was discussing a 19th century composer, George Onslow. The reason practically no one knows anything about him is that, after his death, Richard Wagner conducted one of his works, decided he didn’t like it, and refused ever to conduct an Onslow work again—and that was enough to keep Onslow’s music unheard for a century.
No one has that kind of power today, not even TikTok or UMG. If you want to hear someone’s music, you can access any of a plethora of recording sources, and it’s only in places like North Korea or Tajikistan where the government is so authoritarian that music can be controlled—and even in these places there is an underground of resistance to the tyranny.
Too late for you, she's engaged to be married. You'll have to keep using her images to light up your life.
When did THAT happen?
It’s sad you let an entertainer get into your head…but you might want to read just a little about who she is. LOL
She’s a venal entertainment industry nitwit who, like all such, likes to regurg’ Demagogic Party talking points in an attempt to influence the society for the worse. IOW, right back at you and your head.
Trump is having difficulty getting single women to vote for him.
Trump supporters attack Taylor Swift, single women like her.
Trump loses general election.
Sunken screams it’s stolen.
Get some help dude.
great, maybe a few people’s brains will have a moment of detox.
Even if she's for Biden, she's probably lukewarm about it.
I don't really get this growing loathing of Swift amongst some corners of conservatism (the MAGA populist right, to be specific).
She's about as anodyne a celebrity as you could find. She isn't all pierced and tattooed. She's not flashing her tits in concert, dropping F-bombs. She's not dating a revolving door of scowling black rappers. I can think of about a thousand current acts far more degenerate than Taylor Swift is.
Her romance with Travis Kelce is the kind of wholesome courtship that conservatives used to cheer. He seems like a decent guy. He did an ad for Pfizer? So what? Pfizer had no greater friend than President Trump so what's the big deal?
Yes, she unenthusiastically endorsed Biden, and probably will again. As a rule, entertainers are Democrats. Again, so what? Celebrity endorsements don't mean squat. On this last point however, it doesn't help that we've thrown our lot behind a candidate who is absolutely repulsive to women.
Anyways, go Taylor! Hope you get married and help to drive up the white birth rate! Make getting knocked up popular again among your fan base!
Olivia Rodrigo: Another Illuminated Product from The Mouse !!
MSNBC LOVES Olivia, for her PRO-Abortion stance.
NBC chose MSNBC Political operative Willie Geist to interview Olivia with a fluff piece, on the “Sunday Sitdown” show in Feb. Surprised at the connection???
I am not.
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1768337602820898849
Singer Olivia Rodrigo is handing out Plan B pills and abortion advertisements at her concerts.
Liberalism is a creepy anti-child death cult.
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